"Assistant Manager Knott Dairy Center"

Assistant Manager Knott Dairy Center

Business Title: Assistant Manager Knott Dairy Center

Employee Type: Admin. Professional

Posted: 07-Feb-26

Location: Pullman, Washington

Type: Full-time

Available Title(s): 1163-NN_ADMINPRO - Assistant Manager, 1163-YN_ADMINPRO - Assistant Manager

The Opportunity:

As the Knott Dairy Assistant Manager, you report to, assist, and support the Knott Dairy Center (KDC) Manager. In this role, you must be able to fill in and perform the duties of the Manager during their absence. Your responsibilities include assisting the Manager with budget planning and forecasting; scheduling, directing, and supervising personnel resources; and overseeing facilities care for a major dairy herd and production operations, including milking, calving, breeding, nutrition and feeding, health care, forage utilization, pasture grazing schedules, and livestock sales to meet the milk supply needs of the Washington State University (WSU) Creamery. In collaboration with the Manager and other staff, you are responsible for ensuring that the KDC remains a safe, clean, low-stress livestock environment that supports teaching, research, extension, and optimal milk production. Working closely with the Manager, you coordinate resources, time, facilities, communication, and organizational needs to support multiple and simultaneous uses for teaching, research, and extension. You may teach classes and facilitate research and data collection as assigned by the departmental chair. You play a critical role in implementing the dairy's animal care and nutrient management plans, training new staff and student employees, and serving as an important representative of the Department of Animal Sciences and WSU to the dairy industry.

Percentage Breakdown of Job Functions:

• 35% - Animal Care, Management, and Records Care
• 15% - Personnel Supervision
• 15% - Budgeting Responsibilities
• 13% - Research, Outreach, Instruction and Special Projects
• 12% - Facilities Maintenance
• 5% - Safety
• 5% - Other Duties

Monthly Salary: $4,508.70 - $6,763.06 | Commensurate with experience and qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Positions require a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and two (2) years of progressively responsible relevant experience. Any combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted for the educational requirement on a year-for-year basis.
• Practical knowledge and experience with the dairy industry; knowledge of pasture management.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A Bachelors or Master's degree in Animal Sciences or related field.
• One (1) year of teaching experience.
• One (1) year of supervisory experience.
• Knowledge and experience with budgeting and economic forecasting.
• Semen handling and artificial insemination experience.
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) Experience.

Area/College: College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences (CAHNRS) - https://cahnrs.wsu.edu

Department Name: Animal Sciences - https://ansci.wsu.edu